and poise…” -Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet
Born in New York City, Isabel started singing Lou Rawls' "You're Gonna Miss My
Lovin" at 6. As a kid, she’d sit with her father who’d ask her in his native Spanish
starry, philosophical questions about everything around her world. This brought
her in tune with her poetic side early in life.
After college at Cornell and Mannes, Isabel became a back-up singer for a
Brooklyn-playing rock band, The Defenders. Not long after, she discovered her
own love for songwriting and formed her own band, Isabel and The Whispers, in
NYC in 2005.
Some of Isabel's songs echo themes from her early poetry and artwork. The
jazzy, eclectic touches of her drummer, Alec, and the twanging strings of her
guitarist, Octavio, color her bittersweet and introspective songs. The band's name
was drawn from a Biblical story in which God questions a man in a whisper.
Isabel’s songs have a story to relate, a vision to describe, a fleeting feeling to
communicate through the beautiful frailty of her voice. The lyricism of fellow
singer-songwriters like Aimee Mann and Suzanne Vega and the ethereal piano
stylings of Coldplay inspire her sounds. Her songs, like favorite poet Neruda,
embrace the range and depths of human emotion and faith…the caprices, the
wonder, the fury, and poise…and, of course, the love…
Isabel is a member of NYC's acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Sessions and has a
discography of works, including some featuring her on vocals. Her band is
currently celebrating their self-entitled album release of Isabel and The Whispers.
